Composition of matter for use as a food.



unrrn earns PATENT JOHN" M. STUKES, OF DELHI, LOUISIANA.

COMPOSITION OF MATTER FOR USE AS A FOOD.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MARION S'rUKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delhi, in the parish of Richland and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter for Use as a Food, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a-composition of matter for use asa food, one of its objects being to provide a palatable composition which has a high food value, can be made cheaply, and can be used by adults as a breakfast food or can be used as an ingredient of prepared foods.

lVith the foregoing and other Ob ectsin view the invention consists of the following 4 ingredients substantially in the proportions stated:

Corn Wheat 25% Leguminous seeds 25% Other ingredients having high food values but of a low cost can be substituted for the leguminous seeds. One of such ingredients could be rice.

After the ingredients have been mixed they are toasted o'r parched in an edible oil such as olive oil, peanut oil, etc., the toasting being similar to that carried on in the production of potato chips. After the mix-. ture has been thoroughly toasted it is ground to a fine powder and sifted. To this pow-,

dered mixture is added from ten to twentyfive per cent. of sugar, the mlxture bemg Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. 5, 1918.

Application filed October-29, 1917. Serial No. 199,002.

salted and then flavored with powdered cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg or the like. It is subsequently packed and disposed of to the finely comminuted state and combined with sugar and a flavoring substance.

2. A composition of matter for use as a food including corn, wheat, and other edible seeds toasted in an edible oil and reduced to a finely comminuted state, said mixture being combined with sugar and a flavoring in- .gredient' 3. A composition of matter for use as a food including corn, Wheat, and leguminous seeds ground, toasted in hot edible oil and reduced to a finely comminuted state, the

comminuted mixture being combined with sugar and a flavoring substance.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. STUKES.

Witnesses J. E. GRAY,

W. E. Tomnx. 

